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After over 15 years of development, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is now facing a very important stage in its history. TERS offers high detection sensitivity down to single molecules and a high spatial resolution down to sub-nanometers, which make it an unprecedented nanoscale analytical technique offering molecular fingerprint information. The tip is the core element in TERS, as it is the only source through which to support the enhancement effect and provide the high spatial resolution. However, TERS suffers and will continue to suffer from the limited availability of TERS tips with a high enhancement, good stability, and high reproducibility. This review focuses on the tip-related issues in TERS. We first discuss the parameters that influence the enhancement and spatial resolution of TERS and the possibility to optimize the performance of a TERS system via an in-depth understanding of the enhancement mechanism. We then analyze the methods that have been developed for producing TERS tips, including vacuum-based deposition, electrochemical etching, electrodeposition, electroless deposition, and microfabrication, with discussion on the advantages and weaknesses of some important methods. We also tackle the issue of lifetime and protection protocols of TERS tips which are very important for the stability of a tip. Last, some fundamental problems and challenges are proposed, which should be addressed before this promising nanoscale characterization tool can exert its full potential.

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We acknowledge the support from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST, 2011YQ03012406 and 2013CB933703), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; 21227004, 21321062, and J1310024), and Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (MOE, IRT13036).

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    Teng-Xiang Huang, Sheng-Chao Huang, Mao-Hua Li, Zhi-Cong Zeng, Xiang Wang & Bin Ren

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Published in the topical collection Nanospectroscopy with guest editor Mustafa Culha.

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Huang, TX., Huang, SC., Li, MH. et al. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: tip-related issues. Anal Bioanal Chem 407, 8177–8195 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-015-8968-8

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